A Note from […], MasterCard Consumers in Latin America, as well as around the globe, hardly go anywhere without their phones these days. Mobile enables millions of consumers to lead a more connected life – allowing them to do many activities that weren’t possible before. At MasterCard, our goal is to develop technologies that allowContinue Reading

By Kaitlyn Kiernan Law360, New York (February 11, 2015, 5:27 PM ET) — When eBay Inc. moves forward with its long-awaited plan to spin off its lucrative PayPal Inc. unit, a decision that came after months of activist pressure, the online auction giant will bid the payments processor adieu with a hefty gift — $5Continue Reading

Author(s): Jacqueline Jumah Ugali is cornmeal porridge and a staple of the Kenyan diet; it is as Kenyan as M-PESA. Last time my mother was making it, she ran out of cooking gas and texted me frantically to send her money so she could buy gas and finish cooking dinner before it got soggy. IContinue Reading

Another week of Bitcoin stabilization brought a slew of news to the market, with a major M&A media deal, a $75 million investment into Coinbase, all of which was happening just before an interesting KPMG report. While the banks are open to safely start buying European bonds, as the European Central Bank has become theContinue Reading

UPDATE (22nd Jan 20:10 GMT): Braintree has responded to questions about US merchant adoption of its development kit and clarified that customers can only pay in bitcoin through a Coinbase account. Merchants who use the payments software platform Braintree in the US can enable bitcoin payments through Coinbase starting today. Braintree said that it had integrated Coinbase into its software development kit,Continue Reading